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onlaid

onlaid is the simple past and past participle of onlay.

Meaning of onlay

Verb

onlay (third-person singular simple present onlays, present participle onlaying, simple past and past participle onlaid)

  1. (literary, transitive) To lay or place something on a surface.

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Questions about onlaid

What is onlaid the simple past and past participle of?
Onlaid is the simple past and past participle of onlay.

Words near onlaid in the dictionary

  1. onkilonite
  2. Onko
  3. onkoi
  4. onkos
  5. onkus
  6. onlaid
  7. onland
  8. onlap
  9. onlapped
  10. onlapping
  11. onlaps

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